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The historic atmosphere of Old Trafford, Manchester, waits again to the Indian test team while preparing for an essential match in the fourth game of the continuous part Anderson-Tendulkar trophies series. Scheduled from July 23 to 27, this fundamental meeting finds India that is achieved 1-2 against England And with a desperate need to win to maintain a containment for the historical title. While India They have shown flash of brightness throughout the current series, their previous visits to this North English venue have historically brought them face to face with unpleasant memories and evasive victories.
English fortress not called by India
For almost ninety years, Old Trafford has remained on the non -conquered terrain for the Indian test cricket. Despite playing his first facility in the venue until 1936, India has not yet recorded a victory in Manchester, a statistics that is large as the team, now run by Shubman gillseek to break this persistent jinx. India’s record in Old Trafford says:
| The games played | Victory | Defeats | Draw |
| 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
A closer look reveals the depth of the challenge. India’s maiders on Earth ended in a tie below Maharajah of VizianagramThe 1936 captaincy, followed by another stop a decade later. However, the ghosts of strong defeats pursue the following decades: a crushing loss of entrances and 207-Run in 1952, a 171-year-old defeat in 1959 and another loss of 113 runs in 1974. Ms womanIt was one of the darkest days of India in the precinct, ending with the defeat by an entrance and 54 runs.
It is worth noting that five of these nine battles were drawn, with captains such as Ajit Wadekar, Sunil Gavaskarand Mohammad Azharuddin Getting the boat constant, but never sail it in victory. Old Trafford’s reputation as an English fortress is well won: England has won 33 of the 84 tests here, reinforcing how difficult it is to visit the teams for breaching the fortress.
India individual magic in the middle of collective gloom
Despite the lack of team triumphs, several Indian cricketers have produced memorable performances in the midst of the complicated Old Trafford conditions. The highest test of India in the Earth reached 432 in 1990, thanks, neither the small part for the Master 179 of Azharuddin of 243 balls, which is still the highest Indian score in the enclosure. Gavaskar, the legendary workshop, has been the most prolific baptism in India in Manchester, scoring 242 routes in three appearances.
However, Old Trafford has also witnessed Indian test cricket nadirs: the lowest total of 58 in 1952, a humble moment that was recorded in the Annals of the Indian and English cricket. The strong losses, for the entrances and the 207 races in 1952, and the 171 races in 1959, according to the challenge that this place has been for blue men.
As India gets ready to return to Manchester, there is hope and history that weighing a lot on their shoulders. With a new generation that sought to guide a different story, and with the Anderson-Tendulkar trophy on the line, the Old Trafford test of 2025 could announce the first triumph of India on a field that has been a bastion of English domain.
